0:05Skip to 0 minutes and 5 secondsFrisian nouns also have plural forms of course. The Frisian plural has different endings. For example, -en as in, "wurden", 'freonen", "dagen", but also -s as in "âlders", "oersetters".

1:19Skip to 1 minute and 19 secondsAll diminutives. "Suske, suskes". Younger sister. Words with foreign origin ending in -a, -o or -u get an apostrophe with an s, like "foto, foto's".

1:40Skip to 1 minute and 40 secondsIn the dialogues, you heard the word "bern". This word is irregular. The word has the same form for singular and plural. "Ien bern, twa bern".

1:54Skip to 1 minute and 54 secondsOne child, two children. Here you see some examples from the dialogues. "Wat binne dyn hobbys?" What are your hobbies? "Ik ha twa susters." I have two sisters. "It binne hiele aardige minsken." They are very nice people. "Hoe âld binne jim bern?" How old are your children? "Ha jim ek bisten?" Do you have pets? "Ik ha twa katten." I have two cats. "Hoefolle wurden kenst no?" How many words do you know?

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Plural

The Frisian plural has different endings.
For example -en as in: wurden, freonen and dagen.
But also -s as in: âlders, oersetters.

The regular plural ending is –en: bist, bisten.

Another common plural ending is -s, which is used with a considerable number of words: